BOAS] HANDBOOK OF AMERICAN INDIAN LANGUAGES 997 



o > u, 



a'loq sole alua his sole 'aiLut soles 



ihLo house Illuci his house iLLut houses 



a'torjpoq it is used a'torput thej are used 



u > il, 



niijii! arpog (a dog) is shy nujuittoq not shy, tame 



a;'?^-bad, useless a'jiismsee how bad it is 



A shifting- in the vowels produced by the intrusion of a following 

 uvular consonant may be termed itvular mutation. The 

 result of this juxtaposition of a vowel + n q, or r is the uvu- 

 larization by which the vowel changes according to the scheme 

 just mentioned. The uvularized vowels are symbolized in ordi- 

 nary transcription as ar {aq^ as), er {eq^ en), or (oq, or). The 

 vowel and the consonant in reality make up a phonetic unit. 

 The vowel is pronounced with uvular friction, while an enlarge- 

 ment of the innermost part of the mouth-chamber takes place 

 (cf. § 2 under q and /•). The vowels which are affected in this 

 way have a remarkable hollow and grating sound; in case of o 

 and e it is occasionalh^ somewhat like o on account of the 

 rounding in the posterior part of the mouth. An e between 

 two w's and an e between two r's are acoustically widely dif- 

 ferent sounds. 

 a>A. 



nasaa his hood; ndsAq a hood 



arnaa his woman (mother); arnaq [^Arn.-Aq^ woman; arnara 



[Arn.'Ara] my mother 

 qarssaaq [qArs:A:<q] a loom; pi. qarsaaH [qArs:adt] 

 qaqqame \<qAq:ame\ on, in, the mountain; qaqqaq [qAq:Aq] a 



mountain 



e>E, 



amia or amee his (its) skin; ameq [a'tuEq] a skin 

 e'qe=e'qeq [eqEq] corner; eqia his corner of the mouth 

 neriivoq eats; nere'reerpoq \n3r3'7'S:rpoq'\ has finished eating 

 ^m^'Mamy sons; ernera[E7'nE7^d\vtij soix\ e?v^d^[£«/] ason; ^me 

 [Erne] his (own) son 

 o>o, 



niaqua his head; niaqoq [yzz^^oq] a head 

 nano = nanoq a bear 



Illo a house; ihLorssuaq \iL:ors:uAq\ a big house 

 Kaasasiik {n^mQ)-\-rujuk-\-yuaq'. Kaasasorujoyuaq the little poor 

 wretched Kaasasuk 



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